The Democratic Alliance (DA) today conducted an oversight visit to the abandoned Klopper Park Fire Station in Germiston, where yet another failed ANC infrastructure project stands as a monument to waste, neglect, and broken promises.
Pictures here, here, here and here, English soundbite by Khathu Rasilingwane
Construction on the fire station began in 2014 with the promise of improving emergency response times for communities including Klopper Park, Isando, Meadowdale, Tunney, and Elandsfontein. Instead, residents have been left with an incomplete, vandalised facility while emergency services continue to operate without the additional capacity this station was meant to provide.
The project, initially valued at R25 million, stalled after the City terminated the original contractor over poor performance and poor workmanship. Although a replacement contractor was appointed, legal disputes halted construction, leaving the site abandoned for years with no clear plan to complete it.
This is unacceptable. Every day this facility remains unused places lives, businesses, and property at greater risk. Residents deserve a government that delivers functioning public infrastructure, not endless excuses and abandoned construction sites.
The DA calls on the City of Ekurhuleni to provide residents with a clear timeline for resolving the legal impasse, secure the site against further vandalism, and ensure construction resumes without further delay.
As the DA prepares to govern Ekurhuleni after the 4 November local government elections, we remain committed to restoring accountability, ending infrastructure failures, and ensuring that every rand of public money delivers real services for residents, not unfinished projects that become symbols of government failure.